Complement antigen each component c3 at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER

100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.40 with Wellpoint vs $206.53 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint MGMCD $5.40
Aetna NewBusiness $9.54
Aetna COMM $9.54
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.00
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.00
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.00
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.00
Healthspring DualEligible $12.00
Bright Health HIX $12.00
Wellcare MCR $12.00
Alive Hospice MCR $12.00
Molina MCD $12.00
United AllPayerAppendix $12.00
United CorePayer $12.00
United HeritageSelect $12.00
United MASNP $12.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.12
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.12
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.12
United MGMCR $12.24
Zing MGMCR $12.36
Ambetter Select $12.48
BCBS MCR $12.48
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.60
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.60
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.60
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.60
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.60
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.60
Ambetter CORE $12.96
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.20
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.80
Wellcare MGMCD $15.84
Wellcare CHIP $15.84
BCBS NetworkP $16.38
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.28
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $17.64
Cigna NewBusiness $21.33
Cigna OAP $24.23
Oscar HIX $36.00
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.85
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $48.00
Humana BroadNetwork $48.00
Humana HumanaChoice $48.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $48.00
United OptionsPPO $55.66
Cigna PPO $73.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $113.34
Aetna NAP $125.93
City of Springfield COMM $163.71
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $196.45
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $206.53

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Complement antigen each component c3 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $98.63 $4.32 – $46.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $51.51 $10.66 – $121.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $168.59 $10.44 – $24.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $73.61 $10.66 – $121.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $21.00 $6.00 – $26.16
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $93.26 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $93.26 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $93.26 $8.42 – $46.28

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